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Assumption College Announces Black History Month Events • Friday, February 3, 2006: An event sponsored by the 2006 African American Festival Series will be held, featuring lecturer Charles Walker Jr. Esq., director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. He will present a lecture entitled, “Ev’ry Voice Counts: 135th Anniversary of the Right to Vote Amendment” in the La Maison Francaise auditorium at 7:00 p.m. The Christ Tabernacle Apostolic Church Choir will perform before the lecture. Admission fee: adults $10; seniors $5; children under 12 free. • Friday, February 3, 2006: The hip-hop group Experimental Mind State will perform in Charlie’s at 9:30 p.m. • Thursday, February 9, 2006: A display entitled Statues of Historical Black Figures will be presented outside the Office of Multicultural Affairs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These statues, which come from the personal collection of Brenda Safford, director of the office of multicultural affairs, include representations of Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, Frances Harper, and Dr. William Hill, among others. The statues are from a collection entitled “All of God’s Children.” • Thursday, February 16, 2006: Peter Shungu, community outreach coordinator for the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, will lead a discussion for the monthly Food for Thought program entitled “Race: What role does it play on college campuses?” at 5:30 p.m. in the Hagan Campus Center Hall. Shungu graduated from Tufts University, and has volunteered for numerous organizations, including Americorps, Rebuilding Together Worcester, SwirlBoston, Youthfirst, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. This event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Reach Out Center. • Friday, February 17, 2006: Assumption will host a screening of the film Emmanuel’s Gift at 6:30 p.m. in the La Maison Francaise auditorium. This award-winning and critically acclaimed film tells the heroic, true story of a young Ghanaian man, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, who defeated stereotypical viewpoints on disabilities and embraced his journey through Ghana with hope and determination. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, this story will surely make an ever-lasting impression; touching the hearts of all. This screening is sponsored by the Social Rehabilitation Department, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, UMASS Medical School, and the Center for Living and Working. The film will be followed by the personal experience of a long time Worcester resident, Bernard Bonsra, who shares a common heritage with Emmanuel having been born in Ghana. Bonsra, who was disabled from an automobile accident in the United States at the age of 16, will reflect on what his life with a disability would have been like had he continued to live in Ghana instead of moving to Worcester and the United States. Emmanuel Ofuso Yeborah, will be in Worcester on April 21, 2006 to deliver the keynote address for the Center for Living and Working's (CLW) annual awards dinner at Union Station. • Thursday, February 23, 2006: Dr. Raymond Winbush (pictured above left), author, lecturer, and Director of the Institute of Urban Affairs at Morgan State University, will present a lecture on Black Reparations at 6:30 p.m. in the Hagan Campus Center Hall. Dr. Winbush is credited with consulting on the Academy Award nominated movie Crash. His most recent book is entitled Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations. For more information about Dr. Winbush, visit http://raymondwinbush.com.
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Worcester, MA - The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the ALANA (African, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, and Native American) Network at Assumption College have announced the following events in celebration of Black History Month. For more details, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at (508) 767-7100. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.